2026, ABC: What if the government could seize vacant homes for public housing
By Ali Moore Today on 774 ABC Radio Melbourne Drive, What If Wednesday tackled the question: What if the government could seize vacant homes and use them for public housing? Press play to hear Ali discuss the question with Jordan Van Den Lamb, Victorian Socialist...
2025, SMH: What housing crisis? For most, there isn’t one – but look how the other third live
By Kate Shaw This may come as a surprise given the media narrative, but Australia is not in a generalised housing crisis. Two-thirds of the nation’s householders own or are buying their homes – they are by definition not in housing crisis. The 20 per cent who own...
2025, Red Flag: ‘We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas’: Labor turns blind eye to Melbourne’s 100,000 empty homes
By Cormac Mills Ritchard In a humane world there would be a simple mathematical solution to this problem: 32,000 houses minus 24,000 homeless people equals no-one homeless and at least 8,000 homes to spare. Instead, we live in a world where property hoarders speculate...
2025, AFR: The hidden $50b tax break that could help solve the housing crisis
by John Kehoe September 5, 2025 The tax-free family home is the “elephant in the room” when it comes to intergenerational fairness, arguably contributing more to inequality and unproductive investment than any other concession. Prosper Australia director of research...Republish this article
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